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...If I look at highways, you’ve got the coming of the Lower Thames Crossing [a proposed road crossing of the river linking Kent and Essex],” said Quinn....
...environmental health....
...The consequences are clearly visible on the river Wye, which flows for 155 miles from mid-Wales to the Severn estuary in England, and recently had its health status downgraded by Natural England....
...Other plants with allegorical value fill our park – oak trees, cypresses, as well as Rome’s symbol, the pine, Pinus pinea....
...The extraordinary ceiling of the main living room combines no fewer than 12 discrete design motifs, in a deliriously pretty scheme that interlocks around squares of completely unadorned oak panelling....
...But also via 12 “atmospheric rivers” in Southern California that brought every last thing to a halt last spring....
...The objective evidence suggests that while there’s still a lot to do to improve our rivers, that our rivers are improving in health over time, that doesn’t mean that we should again sit back and applaud...
...Just above the main gondola in Crans, with 78 rooms all with terraces or balconies facing the final turn of the Chetzeron piste, it has a contemporary take on a chalet aesthetic — lots of larch, oak, quartzite...
...My house stands on its own in a secluded valley curving upward towards a range of hills where rivers rush through rocky gorges....
...Or, if you’re up for a challenge, take an entire day to follow shepherd’s paths that cut through holm oak forests and past deep canyons to Su Sercone, an enormous karst sinkhole at almost 1,000m altitude...
...This being Bali, the menu sticks to health-conscious small plates such as shio-koji-tenderised watermelon, cold smoked pumpkin and micro-herb salad....
...Corsini), Artigianato e Palazzo is more than ever an endeavour to place old crafts – from leatherworking and embroidery to metalsmithing, ceramics and crystal-working – in the contemporary context they merit...
...In 2005, the World Health Organization labelled Glasgow the “murder capital of Europe”, after 83 homicides were recorded the previous year. (Criminal violence has declined since then....
...At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Iraq, a community called the Ma’dan, or Marsh Arabs, live in floating thatched villages once so numerous they were dubbed the Mesopotamian...
...But aside from some swanky offices, half-decent restaurants and the nicely prettified Main river, there is little of obvious merit....
...When you reach Hampton Court Palace, follow the A308 in the direction of Sunbury-on-Thames, with the river on your left....
...With community bankers having a stake in the economic health of their local area, Bowman says they are more likely to understand the needs of their own borrowers....
...About 30 per cent new oak. A perfect, luxurious but keenly priced alternative to white burgundy with a little bite on the end. Ambitious and refined. Great texture....
...The state’s bounty, mostly found in the prolific mines of the Powder River Basin, is in peril....
...At the Jerónimos monastery, a 16th-century Unesco-listed complex set just back from the river, the few other tourists were mostly from Portugal....
...Perhaps the plant shop does merit a proper visit — the weeds can wait another day. Map by Liz Faunce What are your favourite South London spots?...
...It includes interviews with designer Sebastian Cox and Stewart Dodd of River Cottage....
...When London’s Chelsea Physic Garden was established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1673 within a walled, four-acre plot close to the River Thames, the healing power of plants was not just acknowledged...
...My goal had been to find out if travel in 2020 would merit the extra hassles and anxieties of the journey. Resoundingly, yes. And the uncomfortable Covid-19 test?...
...The grapes responsible for Vinho Verde — chiefly Loureira, Treixadura and Caiño Blanco — over the Miño river are grown in Rías Baixas too....
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